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BBC:<\/strong> Eight children, aged from one to 14 years old, have been killed in a shooting in Shreveport, Louisiana, which police are describing as a “domestic disturbance”.<\/p>\n

Officers said the incident began about 05:00 local time (10:00 GMT). A single gunman shot 10 people before fleeing in a stolen car. Police then chased and killed the suspected shooter.<\/p>\n

“We have hurting families, we have hurting police officers, coroners’ personnel,” Shreveport Mayor Tom Arceneaux said. “This affects the entire community, so we all mourn with these families.”<\/p>\n

Police did not name the victims, but said some of the children were related to the deceased man.<\/p>\n

The suspected gunman has been identified as Shamar Elkins, Shreveport mayor’s communications director Leigh Anne Evensky told the BBC.<\/p>\n

Speaking earlier on Sunday, the mayor said: “This is a tragic situation – maybe the worst tragic situation we’ve ever had in Shreveport.”<\/p>\n

He said some of the injured victims had been taken to hospital and asked for prayers for the families and the city.<\/p>\n

Police said there were multiple crime scenes, including two homes on the same block on West 79th Street and a third residence in the neighbourhood on Harrison Street.<\/p>\n

Speaking at a news conference on Sunday, Shreveport Police Corporal Chris Bordelon said officers attended a home shortly before 06:00 local time and found the children.<\/p>\n

“All of the deceased in this case are juveniles,” Bordelon said.<\/p>\n

He said officers determined the call was “domestic in nature” and added that one of those shot at the home had fled to a nearby residence.<\/p>\n

After the shooting the suspected gunman carjacked a vehicle and started to flee, police said.<\/p>\n

Bordelon said officers pursued him into another neighbourhood, Bossier Parish, and fired at the suspected gunman, who is now deceased.<\/p>\n

Shreveport Police Chief Wayne Smith said his heart went out to the entire community.<\/p>\n

“I just cannot begin to imagine how such an event can occur,” Smith said.<\/p>\n

He added that the investigation is being conducted in coordination with the Louisiana State Police and with assistance from other agencies.<\/p>\n

“We are going to be working diligently however long it takes to get some answers to what has taken place,” he said.<\/p>\n

Speaking on Sunday, Shreveport councilman Grayson Boucher said more than 30% of crimes and 30% of murders in the city were “domestic in relation”, adding: “Now that number has gone up.”<\/p>\n

“We’ve more than doubled our homicide in the city of Shreveport because of one act of domestic violence,” he said.<\/p>\n

Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry said he and his wife were “heartbroken over this horrific situation, and we’re praying for everyone affected”.<\/p>\n

“We’re deeply grateful to the law enforcement officers and first responders working tirelessly on the scene,” Landry added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BBC: Eight children, aged from one to 14 years old, have been killed in a shooting in Shreveport, Louisiana, which police are describing as a “domestic disturbance”. Officers said the incident began about 05:00 local time (10:00 GMT). A single gunman shot 10 people before fleeing in a stolen car. Police then chased and killed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46242,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46241"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46241"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46244,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46241\/revisions\/46244"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}